I was invited by a friend of mine to go to the premier of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone in our local 14-screen. What I encountered when I got to the cinema was deeply disturbing.
It had been completely inundated with a flood of little wizard wannabes! All little children dressed in exactly the same fashion. Magick wands, circular glasses, cloaks and all seemed to have attacked their forehead with a pink felt-tip pen for some obscure reason...
Some had even brought along some sort of ancient common household appliance...

I had to wade through this throng of 'Mum, when can we go in?' or 'He broke my wand!' making an attempt not to tread on the mystical minors.

. I nearly collapsed in giggles at the sight of a little boy of about 4 years dressed as Harry...nothing wrong with that. All the kids were... but he was dragging behind him a stuffed toy owl on a doglead. AWWW!! CUTE!!
The owl was looking a little less regal than the real thing... a trifle soggy and dirty and getting stepped on by all the other mini wizards. :)

What is the thing with Harry Potter? It's sheer madness!!

11-21-2001

Fordy

>>our local 14-screen

Your from Newport right????

I didnt know there were any cinemas that big in your neck of the woods.....

11-21-2001

Justin W

I know, scarry eh? Can't a guy go see the Star Wars Episode II trailer without being in the midst of a thousand people dressing up like some stupid movie characters... *mutters to himself, "I can't wait to dress up as OB1"*

Harry Potter books are extremely popular. I imagine Lord of the Rings movie will have the same effect on people.

11-21-2001

basilisk

Well i am definately dressing as gandalf for the LOTR movie - I have been growing my beard in readiness for two months now

11-21-2001

Fordy

>>Well i am definately dressing as gandalf for the LOTR movie - I have been growing my beard in readiness for two months now

I have the poster of the map of Middle Earth right above my monitor...... All the beasties are around the border.... this film will be amazing....

Newport: Officially voted now the 2nd worst town in Wales, 2nd only to Wrexham.
Now *that* is something to be proud of! ::sigh::

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I didnt know there were any cinemas that big in your neck of the woods.....

You do now!:D ;)

-Pen

11-21-2001

Pendragon

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Well i am definately dressing as gandalf for the LOTR movie - I have been growing my beard in readiness for two months now

Hmm... I think I might run into a few difficulties if i were attempt to grow a beard. I don't think I need to dress up. I might take my pet owl along though (see 1st post on this thread);) .

-Pen

11-21-2001

Fordy

>>Officially voted now the 2nd worst town in Wales, 2nd only to Wrexham.

Oh come on..... have you ever been to Porth, Port Talbot or Penrhys?

I used to deliver washing machines during my time in uni and went all over S. Wales every day...... I will always remember Penrhys as the hardest, nastiest most un-appealing place in the western world. We used to go up there before 8AM cuz all the nutters were still asleep...... I went up there one morning and the mist was so thick, you couldnt see much at all (Well it was more or less on the top of a small mountain). All of a sudden, the driver screetched to a halt... there was a huge boulder in the middle of the road... how the hell it got there was a mystery to me.... another time we delivered to the local chipshop...... the owner was built like a brick sh#thouse and had one eye..... he stood guard over the van while we delivered his goods. He was actually a nice guy, but I think he was fighting a losing battle trying to run a business there.....

Newport...pah.....

11-21-2001

Pendragon

Hey, that's what the TV spouted a couple of hours ago. I think it refers to major towns possibly...

11-21-2001

Fordy

Ahh .....Newport's not bad..... a bit rough in town after dark..... but not bad............

11-21-2001

Pendragon

Ah-hem. You try living here... you'll soon change your mind. :) :p ;)

11-21-2001

basilisk

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Oh come on..... have you ever been to Porth, Port Talbot or Penrhys?

oh my! port talbot - i sometimes used to go and visit friends there - what a dire town - often there was red dust covering everything from the steel works. i visited there a couple of years ago (i had to - see some solicitor about a will) and it was a ghost town - it was the middle of the afternoon and i dont think there was a shop open... newport is definately not as bad as that

11-21-2001

Pendragon

Hmm... well, I grant you the dust from Llanwern Steelworks doesn't have as widespread an affect as in Port Talbot.

Newport is *bad*. I don't like walking around at night because of the gangs that lurk on the estates. I live in the rural part which is a blessing. I will savour the day I go back to England though...:D

11-21-2001

Fordy

>>I don't like walking around at night because of the gangs that lurk on the estates.

Well you will get that more or less anywhere.........#rseholes are not indemic to one area unforunately....

>>I will savour the day I go back to England though...

Oh yeah...where you originally from then?

11-21-2001

Yoshi

Re: What is the thing with Harry Potter? It's sheer madness!!

There is nothing wrong with it, people are just fanatic enough to actually imitating the characters. Examples: Harry P., Pokemon, Star W II...

Just trying to pointing out there is nothing wrong with people who are "fanatics" about a certain thing. Though they may look funny and kind of annoying, you should not discriminate the little hearts of children, who are trying to have a good time in the movies.